Costs
What a Damp Survey Costs in London
What you pay, what you get for the money, why the survey fee should come off the works, and the reason a free survey is rarely free.
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Damp Guides
Worth Reading First
Eight guides covering what damp work actually costs, how to tell one problem from another, and what your obligations are — written so you can push back on a bad quote, including ours.
Reference Library
Guides, Nota Blog
Damp does not change. The physics of a bridged damp proof course is the same this year as last, so there is no reason to publish a new article every month and let the old ones rot. These eight guides cover the questions we are actually asked, and we update them in place when something changes.
Costs
Diagnosis
Rising Damp or Condensation?
The two are confused constantly, and treating one as the other wastes thousands. A practical test you can run yourself in ten minutes.
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Getting It Right
Why Damp Proofing Fails
Six reasons remedial damp work has to be done twice — and the questions that expose each one before you sign anything.
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Buying & Selling
Buying a House With Damp
How worried to actually be, what the common defects cost to fix, and how to use a damp report in a price negotiation.
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Costs
Basement Waterproofing Costs Explained
What Type A, Type B and Type C systems cost in London, which one your structure actually needs, and where the money goes.
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Landlords & Agents
Damp and Mould in Rented Property
The legal position after Awaab's Law, what counts as evidence, and why “it is the tenant's lifestyle” is not a defence.
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Health
Black Mould and Your Health
What the risk actually is according to NHS and government guidance, who is most affected, and what genuinely removes it.
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Mortgages
Damp Reports for Lenders and Solicitors
What “high damp readings — refer to a specialist” means on a valuation, and exactly what report satisfies it.
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Next Step
Get the Cause Found & Fixed
Book a survey and you get a written report: what is causing the damp, what it takes to fix it and what it costs. No pressure, no guesswork.
Survey fee deducted from the cost of works if you proceed